About the Initiative

The Initiative
on Labor and Culture at Yale University is a research center that
seeks to understand the emergence of a global labor force, and the
social and cultural transformations in work, working peoples, and
labor movements around the world.

Drawing on
currents in labor history, cultural studies, the sociology of work,
working-class studies, and the study of ethnicity, race, gender
and migration, the Initiative explores the cultural forms and social
formations created by working people in the midst of changing labor
processes and migration patterns, as well as forms of ethnic, class,
and gender conflict and social movement solidarities.